Public bug reported: When selecting text that is in "blocks" (see attached PDF) then text is selected in columns, rather than in rows. In some contexts this makes PDF readers that use poppler almost useless.
The problem was noticed in Evince and Okular. Adobe Reader does not experience this problem. See also: http://www.cipher.maths.soton.ac.uk/forum/12-bug- reporting/3660-pdf-select-column-by-column-not-row-by-row ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10 Package: libpoppler7 0.14.3-0ubuntu1.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-23.40-generic 2.6.35.7 Uname: Linux 2.6.35-23-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Nov 24 20:27:14 2010 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Alpha i386 (20100803.1) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: poppler ** Affects: poppler (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 maverick ubuntu-une -- Selections work column by column, not row by row https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/681126 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to poppler in ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
